I’ve made a much more extensive report with proof that US, at the very least, uses the PIDSU pylon, which has additional countermeasures, but no MAWS system.
Hopefully this is accepted and BOL for F-15A and C as well, given that those extra countermeasures are absolutely vital for air RB, especially for the F-16C which has 2x less CMs than F-15s.
The VTAS system was trialed on F-14s and F-15s in the late seventies, and considering Gaijin’s track record, that is more than enough for them to receive a HMS if Gaijin wanted to bother.
Community Bug Reporting System the 8 amraams report was marked as acknowledged and submitted as a “suggestion” by trickzter, maybe we’ll see the loadout fixed on the next devserver fix
Military thrust is also underperforming at the moment at ceiling for the PW220
I tested at 37k lbs gross weight(55% fuel)
With 2 engines running and 0 drag index my flight ceiling is supposed to be 50-51kft.
In game I lose speed till I eventually stall the plane.
I had to go down to 44kft to have a small velocity loss that could only be viewed on the hud, Mach number as its 3 digits after the dot.
The funny thing is that an eagle with the PW220s has a ceiling of 45k ft with only 1(ONE) engine running
and never take Centerline pylons nor fuel tanks there. A centerline pylon has 2.5x times as much drag as a single amraam in the fuselage. A single center line tank has 12.2 drag index while both fuel tanks on the wing have a combined drag index of 11